Open Redirect in Benoitc Hackney

CVE-2026-47070

Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability in benoitc hackney allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. The HTTP/3 redirect handler in src/hackney_h3.erl passes the original request headers unchanged to the redirect target without performing any cross-origin check. When a client issues an HTTP/3 request with follow_redirect enabled and includes Authorization or Cookie headers, a server responding with a 3xx redirect to a different host will cause the client to forward those credentials verbatim to the new origin. The main hackney.erl module has maybe_strip_auth_on_redirect/2 (guarded by the location_trusted option) to address CVE-2018-1000007, but hackney_h3.erl is missing this protection entirely. This issue affects hackney: from 3.1.1 before 4.0.1.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.004 (30.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

  • Benoitc Hackney — versions 3.1.1, e61b7d04b7826847e1efe614106ef4d580c78eab

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-47070?
CVE-2026-47070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Benoitc Hackney, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-05-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-47070?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.